RPC.IDMAPD

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

rpc.idmapd
is the NFSv4 ID <-> name mapping daemon. It provides functionality to
the NFSv4 kernel client and server, to which it communicates via
upcalls, by translating user and group IDs to names, and vice versa.

The options are as follows:

-v

Increases the verbosity level (can be specified multiple times).

-f

Runs
rpc.idmapd
in the foreground and prints all output to the terminal.

-d domain

Set domain to
domain
This is used internally by NFSv4 and is typically assigned by the
system administrator. By default,
domain
is set to be the FQDN of the host, minus the hostname.

-p path

Specifies the location of the RPC pipefs to be
path
The default value is "/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs".

-U username

Specifies the NFSv4 nobody user to be
username
The default value is "nobody".

-G groupname

Specifies the NFSv4 nobody group to be
groupname
The default value is "nobody".

-c path

Use configuration file
path

-C

Client-only: perform no idmapping for any NFS server, even if one is detected.

-S

Server-only: perform no idmapping for any NFS client, even if one is detected.

EXAMPLES

rpc.idmapd -d citi.umich.edu -f -vvv

Runs
rpc.idmapd
with the domain "citi.umich.edu" in the foreground, printing all
messages to console, and with a verbosity level of 3.